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PMA-activation of peripheral blood and tonsillar B lymphocytes induces large adhesive cells reminiscent of large extrafollicular (monocytoid) B cells

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Extrafollicular (EF) B lymphocytes differ in size and morphology depending on the lymphatic organ involved and the kind of inflammatory reaction. On reevaluating EF B cells in various sites and conditions we discriminated three forms: a small (lymphoid) and intermediate (centrocytoid), and a large (monocytoid) variant. Immunohistochemically, these variants could be discriminated by their differential expression of adhesion molecules CD62L (L-selectin) and CD11c: small EF B cells were strongly L-selectin+ and CD11c−; intermediate cells were moderately CD62L+ and CD11c−; large cells were faintly CD62L+ or − but expressed CD11c. In 72 h cultures of normal peripheral and tonsillar B cells, cross-linking surface immunoglobulin in the presence of interleukin-2 or interleukin-4 led to formation of clusters in vitro together with an increase in cell size and a slight up-regulation of CD11c, as determined by flow cytometry. Stimulation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), however, gave rise to large, plastic adherent cells which also showed strong homotypic adhesion, expressed CD62L at minimal levels and CD11c at comparably highest levels and altogether mimicked the large cell variant of EF B cells. We conclude that EF B cells are subjected to cytokine-induced metamorphosis and that differences in cell size and morphology reflect their state of activation and activation-associated adhesion properties. Our data suggest that EF B cells in all anatomical sites are functionally closely related cells which — possibly mediated by CD11c/CD18 — may become sessile and proliferate locally once activated by appropriate signals.

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    M. Ruff, C. Henne, T. Barth, N. Rinaldi, J. Sträter & P. Möller

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Ruff, M., Henne, C., Barth, T. et al. PMA-activation of peripheral blood and tonsillar B lymphocytes induces large adhesive cells reminiscent of large extrafollicular (monocytoid) B cells. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 424, 195–204 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00193500

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